1907 Magnet Yearbook

TilE ~"'(;~ET.
'J
teacher in tbe centr~. Thc main room was oc':lIpil'd b}" two ur thrl'e 1nm·
berinR d~Rks:with double SIOpt.'R som(,' tHteen or ",ixll'(,'n feet lon~ and the
wall on the south and east b}' fixed lksks, all cut and carved until thl'ir or;Rina!
surface wall I:one. Two or thn'e hea"}" beams crOll6ed the ceilin£" and
the une"cn "oor. worn with the fl'ft of a f,:'enerat';'on of school boys. Badly
interfo:'red with thl' steadint'S18 of thl' Inn~ forms on which tbe bo}'s8at durin/!;
their Il'SliiOns, An immense box litO\"urmounted by a pair of Rold lipt"ctacl~'1I, which
did not pre,-ent him from holdinR his book c1o~e tohis face, were the outward
marks of the man, Kind hearted an,l alway~ wiJ1inJ: to coach a prumisinJ:
bo}' in his study l,(t....r hours, therc w...re liml'!:lwhl'n he was irritallle, C'spec·
ially if the class was ill prepared or mort' than u~uall}' dens.... wht'n the
slrokesof th~ bamboo on theontstreh'h"d le~s "elore him J,'ef(' as continuous
as the questions asked, It is said that at un" tim,', aft...r adminiJ;;tering
the stick once round the c1aSlli. he pitched his book at th...m, t..llinR them that
the}' Wl're a set of iRnorant dolLS. and left them in dis~ulll. Dr. Howe's
"p~cial pupil was ~Ir, ~lil1l'r. who sat at the ...nd of the wall desks n,'arCl>t 10
the master, ~eneral1)' racinR the rOo.lm insh'ad of sitting with his r;tce to the
wall as did tht' other bo)'s, .\Ir, .\lill~'I· was SO much olllel' than th... I','st of us
that he was tn'ated with the rct>p"ct duc a }'ounlo: man 4 who was on his way to
that hilo:hest educational honor. the t:ni\'ersit}·,
lunfortunatel}' showed no aptitude for malhematics and' so mise;ed Ihe
opportunil\' of comin~ reRuJarl}" under .\fr. Urown's car.... but on the few
occasions on which I did, I karned to aPllr,'cial,' hi!'; ....ry hilo:h ~ualili~. and
n'joice that he halO b"cn sparell to s,'c th,' r ...,.,ults of much of his labors,
:-\ ... ither .\Ir, Clark or .\Ir, I','nnycv"k, tli remain per man"n!. r\ CambridKe I:'radnah',
abollt thin,\'. of mor... than a,-.. ral:'· h... iltht and !';tron~l}' built. with an
abllndanc... of I;lraiJ!ht bla.:k haIr o""rhan1:ing a face ,1